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Coping With Food Intolerances: Fourth Edition

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I just started getting food allergies in the past 2 years. I think that this book offers great info for a new beginner.It was a fast read with many references. Get the book!

This book is a helpfull overview of food intolerances, with some helpfull information on how to eat/ change ones environment/ change ones life to minimize symptoms (such as rashes, headaches, etc.)

As the mother of a young child with excema, I found the tone of the book intollerable. It reccommends that ALL pregnant and nursing mothers avoid ALL common allergens. Common allergens according to Dick Thom: wheat, dairy, eggs, soy, pork, tomatoes, potatoes, all citrus, chocolate... maybe some others that I am forgetting. To cavalierly suggest this to persons who are not currently having serious allergy problems seems irresponsible. I found it telling that there was a long discussion of what formula to use if you could not produce enough milk when breastfeeding... this is a very uncommon problem, unless you are quite undernourished or overstressed. Trying to following his dietary restrictions would lead to both.